在垂直平面上,对两种曼塔-射线校园中的-相互作用进行水力动力学分析
Zihao Huang1, Alec Menzer1, Jiacheng Guo1
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, United States of America.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
|January 4, 2024
概括
两只曼塔鱼一起游泳可以通过优化它们的位置和阶段来实现72%的推力. 这种学校行为,特别是0.5体长 (BL) 下游分离,增强了旋利用,提高了效率.
科学领域:
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 生物启发的机器人是生物启发的机器人.
- 动物的运动 动物的运动.
背景情况:
- 曼塔射线的运动涉及复杂的旋动力学.
- 水生动物的学校行为可以提高个体的表现.
- 了解个人间的水力动力学相互作用对于生物灵感设计至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究两个学校的鱼之间的水力动力相互作用.
- 为了确定最佳的配置,增强的推力生成在曼塔雷的形成.
- 为开发生物灵感机器人系统提供见解.
主要方法:
- 使用了计算流体动力学 (CFD) 模拟.
- 使用了一种不压缩的流量溶解器,并采用了沉浸边界方法.
- 模拟了两个3D曼塔模型的各种配置,包括不同相差的堆叠和分阶排列.
主要成果:
- 追随者曼塔鱼从领导者发出的流中获得了显著的好处.
- 下游的0.5体长 (BL) 的分离优化了上游旋 (UV) 的利用.
- 这种配置增强了追随者上的前沿 (LEV),与单游相比,周期平均推力增加了72%.
- π/3 的相差通过利用辅助 vortices 进一步提高了推力.
结论:
- 曼塔的学校行为提供了显著的水力动力学优势.
- 优化间距和分相是最大限度地提高阵地推力的关键.
- 这些发现可以为效率高的多机器人系统的设计提供信息,模仿鱼的运动.
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